Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous

• Issue #3: Software (operating system, compiler, ...)

• What is a homogeneous computing environment?

• A homogeneous computing environment is a network which satisfies (1), (2), and (3). The operating system, compiler, and compiler options do not alter the representation of floating point values.

• If any of these requirements is not met, the system is heterogeneous.

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